Isaiah Thomas signs contract with Utah Jazz G League team

This past Tuesday, the 5th, the shipowner Isaiah Thomas signed a contract with the Salt Lake City Starsteam affiliated with Utah Jazz at G Leagueaccording to information from the journalist Shams Charania, from “The Athletic”. The player decided not to play during the 2023/23 season due to a hip injury and has been seeking a return to the league since last year.

According to the journalist, the point guard sees an opportunity to begin his journey back to the NBA, hoping to join a team in the final stretch of the current season or at least in the 2024/25 season. Isaiah Thomas played his last league game in April 2022, when he was still under contract with the Charlotte Hornets. For the following season, he decided to sit out to recover from an injury that has plagued him since the 2017 playoffs.

Isaiah Thomas arrived in the NBA after being drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the last pick of the 2011 Draft, having played for other teams as Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards, New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks and the Hornets. In 11 years, he was selected twice for the All-Star Gamehaving career averages of 17.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 0.9 steals, in 28.3 minutes played, in 550 games.